Redirect ID-links to image viewer

[Lastopp]

This is something I suggested a few years back. I would like direct image links like http://domain.com/images/<id>.png to redirect to http://domain.com/image/<id>.

For people using the file naming method ID I think this could easily be done using htaccess.

Live example: http://i48.tinypic.com/nyv0qx.jpg

As you can see by going directly to that link you are redirected to the website with ads and more. And using that link does now cause any issues if you decide to put it inside img tags or use it as avatar on a forum.

I think this is the perfect way to make money of your Chevereto site if you have ads on the image viewer page, also a great way to make a bigger community.

 

[Rodolfo]

That can be done using ID based filenaming.

https://chevereto.com/community/threads/redirecting-from-image-to-page.6550/#post-37893

 

[Lastopp]

That can be done using ID based filenaming.

https://chevereto.com/community/threads/redirecting-from-image-to-page.6550/#post-37893

Thanks,

But how would I do this if I use external storage?

Domain: https://domain.com/image/<id>.ext
Storage domain: http(s)://i.domain.com/<id>.ext

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://127.0.0.1/$
RewriteRule images\/.+\/(\w+)(\.md|th){0,1}\.(gif|jpe?g|png|bmp) http://127.0.0.1/image/$1 [NC,L,R=301]

 

[Rodolfo]

External storage needs PHP to do that, I won't recommend doing that using the script layer, it should be achieved only at server layer.